Suzka's review
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel
by Lisa See
Suzka's review
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See
Suzka's review
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I'd say it was a good story which kept my interest throughout. (It was, though, difficult to stick with the descriptions of how the foot binding was performed on girls the same age as my daughter.) Grateful am I not to have been born a woman in China!
However, though it's maddening to consider the isolation and very strict parameters of their lives, it was interesting to consider the horror with which these characters might view the world in which we live. Of course, I'm NOT advocating foot binding or living out my days upstairs in the women's quarters! But it's interesting to consider how these strange (to us) customs might have served and protected women...and how bewildering our free-for-all society might be to those from another time.
However, though it's maddening to consider the isolation and very strict parameters of their lives, it was interesting to consider the horror with which these characters might view the world in which we live. Of course, I'm NOT advocating foot binding or living out my days upstairs in the women's quarters! But it's interesting to consider how these strange (to us) customs might have served and protected women...and how bewildering our free-for-all society might be to those from another time.
